Synonyms for mistakenly
mis·tak·en·ly

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1. mistakenly, erroneouslyadverb

   in a mistaken manner

   "he mistakenly believed it"

   Synonyms:
   erroneously

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1. List of paraphrases for "mistakenly":

   wrongly, erroneously, incorrectly, wrongfully, falsely, misleadingly, accidentally, inadvertently, wrong, improperly, inaccurately

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1. The FBI:

   Based on inaccurate information, they were mistakenly sent to the wrong room and detained an individual, not the intended role player, first and foremost, we’d like to extend our deepest apologies to the individual who was affected by the training exercise.

2. Columbia Police Chief William Holbrook:

   We believe that she simply mistakenly got into this particular car thinking that it was an Uber ride, she opened the door, got into it and departed with the suspect driving.

3. Mary McCarthy:

   A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is middle-class people who, quite mistakenly, imagine that a lively pursuit of the latest in reading and painting will advance their status in the world.

4. James Comer:

   Hunter Biden has been very critical of President Trump mistakenly taking classified documents to the residence or wherever and now it seems Hunter Biden may have done the same, how ironic.

5. Sean Spicer:

   I was obviously trying to make a point about the heinous acts that Assad had made against his own people last week, using chemical weapons and gas. Frankly, I mistakenly made an inappropriate and insensitive reference to the Holocaust, for which there is no comparison, and for that I apologize. It was a mistake to do that.